I feel you should redo this video since the verse at the end is from the Bible and was Davids Vision of Jesus hanging on the cross; to psychedelic, also I like Jesus Christ Super Star. I have always like this song.
Burton's dialogue of Psalm 22... Wild.... He ran and then came back to his childhood of Faith.. Kinda' like Cooper's track back.... Always loved this LP version....
@dlminier I always wondered about the many references to the Bible from the Guess Who (like The Key) and now that I am saved by Grace I understand it!!!!
The Guess Who had a great sense of straddling the AM/FM fence. They were pop enough in parts to appeal to teenyboppers and catch their ears but they were also heavy and innovative enough to fulfill and exceed the expectations of the underground. Dig what I'm saying?
@MattHatter I do dig it, I never thought of it that way but you're right. Probably 80% of what the Beatles did then was off limit to AM, though AM did some great stuff incl the Guess Who. Where else could I have heard the likes of Albert Flasher, Guns Guns Guns, and one I've come to appreciate, Glamour Boy
It's from the Bible, psalm 22 verse 13:" They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. "
His (Jesus') enemies, with the vigor of bulls and rapacity of lions, surround him, eagerly seeking his ruin. The force of both figures is greater without the use of any particle denoting comparison.
Love this song.. Love this band.. Love Burton Cummings voice.. nobody can sing it like him... !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good message.. "Hang on to Your Life".. you hang onto it TIGHT and live every day to the fullest. We're only on this Earth a short time.
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super sloppy drums too- and thoses god-awful pentatonic scales Bachman keeps playing every song Guess Who (they shoulda called themselves THE WHO CARES ) - yuck - sloppy band - sucky -I hate everything they've recorded - cant imagine being stuck in a room forever listening to this shit - it would be my hell
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whiney songs - BARF !@!*^$& - sounds made up in 5 mins - if that song came out today it would be rejected full tilt - Guess Who - yuck - sloppy band - sucky - I hate everything they've recorded
I don't see how anyone can hate "No Time" -- it's got everything: great, edgy voice, sweet melody, angellic harmonies, hard rocking rhythm, intelligent lyrics, great electric guitar. If you say that that also sounds made up in 5 minutes, or that that is sloppy, then you are just a troll, not to be taken seriously.
No, although both great bands. Listen to Bloodrock, also a great 70's band who never got alot of credit, known for DOA. They sound similar to The Guess Who.
Truly freaky song, but great musicianship. Really grabs you. I just loved the drummer in this band. I remember in my childhood wanting to be a drummer. I think it was The Guess Who's drum parts that inspired that. Also loved Burton, what a voice, could be so tough and soulful, and also so tender. And he sure wasn't hard to look at either! Great band!!
To be precise, the song was written by Burton Cummings but the last spoken section is Psalms 22:13-15. This is the same Psalm that Jesus is said to have quoted from the Cross: "My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?" (verse 1). See? Even Pagans can know the Bible!
this GW song has always been one of my faves-Curt Winter's guitar MAKES this friccin' thing g-r-e-a-t(although ANYTHING Cummings sings on HAS to be)This is the period after Randy left the band--and frankly, as great as Bachman was, I dont think he could played the riff as great as Curt did here. Unbelievably good. This song is sooo underated.
Thanks very much for posting-another fantastic song by one of the most brilliant rock bands of all time. Proof is that classics like this (that didn't get much U.S. airplay) are being rediscovered almost 40 years later.
Yeah..thx 54...Bus Rider was written by Kurt Winter who Burton was close to.. he/one Greg Leskiw replaced Bachman.The Guess Who alongside Bachman/Cummings "other" songs make up a body of work that many feel is unrivaled by songwriters from any era..I cant say they dont have a point...Jim Kale conned the Guess Who's name fr. Cummings.He's had talented and nice guys in the clone band..but he cheated and misled a sympathizing friend (Cummings) to do it..I certainly dont respect him in the least..
You all better thank Mr.Burton Cummings..who wrote or cowrote along with Randy Bachman and others virtually all of their hits..with an odd exception..he was the lead singer ..is was and always will be the man most associated with the music of them..forget about bass player Jim Kale milking the name in later years..what some guys wont do to make a buck!!..the Guess Who are an underated band ..my friends
All the above comments are so true, they had some classic songs gustoworld, but this track everytime i play it, it still chills me, it tears you apart a killer!
I've been listening to the Guess Who off and on for a few years now and up until this point I've never heard this particular song, it absolutely blew my mind, I had chills running down my arm, I was almost paralyzed. Thank You for posting this, I wish that they still made music like that!!!
i think this song helped me along with argents god gave rock and roll and last night maudy thursdays went to church heard the psalms verse freaked me out i didnt know after all those years bonzo76rockon!!!!!!!!!!!
I love it when the Guess Who let loose and rock out like this!! This is one of my favorites along with: Bus Rider, Musicione, Three More Days, Long Gone and Don't You Want Me (Which is just such a charming little ballad).
I remember when I first heard this, I was a teenager. We all thought it was spooky at the end, none of us knew where it came from. The freaky part at the end is from Psalm 22:13-15, in the Bible. Psalm 22 foretells the horror of dying on the cross. Jesus Christ died on a cross, to pay the penalty for my sins, so I can spend eternity with Him in heaven. That is why Jesus Christ is my God.Jesus wants everyone to spend eternity with Him, but not everyone chooses to. Some people choose other gods.
The Guess Who had a great run of hits in 69/70/71. Unfortunately when classic rock stations play the hits, These Eyes , American Woman and Share The Land get so much play, the other songs get ignored. As a result, these songs have become forgotten by many and unknown to younger generations. Every rock fan should have a copy of The Guess Who's greatest hits , the 2 cd Anthology is probably the best. from there you can get into the individual albums, be aware of the changing band members.
I heard the ending of that song on a rooftop on acid in 1971. after a storm while watching lightning from a distance. that night me & a buddy were at a park; when lightning struck a tree that was right behind us a few feet. I was laughing my friend was praying. that same buddy passed away 2 yrs too much coke & booze RIP,
These were albums of my older sister.Even at 7years old I would "borrow" them,take them to my room and listen.I felt as if I was being very mature.But I related to the music in such a very natural way and noone had to explain it to me. I still have music as an escape. Thank goodness for all the great songs of the late 60's and 70's.
This song spooked me as a child. But I felt compelled to listen to this album over and over.I felt braver everytime I made it thru the song.Of course I was too young to know who I was listening to at the time,or what all the lyrics inferred.
Great album "Share the Land". The record jacket was pretty cool with the indian craftsman. How about "Coming Off the Money Bag/Song of the Dog" or 'Three More Days"
Fantastic tune! I remember playing this over and over when I was a teen. The last two minutes of the song I like how they play the lead guitar! I always thought this song was alot better than No Time, Share the Land,etc. Thanks!
I feel you should redo this video since the verse at the end is from the Bible and was Davids Vision of Jesus hanging on the cross; to psychedelic, also I like Jesus Christ Super Star. I have always like this song.
stormbringer247 1 month ago
The time was 1970, which were the psychedelic times. Trust me, it's fitting.
kmmangel444 1 month ago
whoa. the end is soo weird
ledwhofloyd101 2 months ago
1:28 I wager 10 quatloos that the Earthling does not survive.
Orlor 3 months ago
These guys kick wings!!!!
7777Jah1 4 months ago
Burton's dialogue of Psalm 22... Wild.... He ran and then came back to his childhood of Faith.. Kinda' like Cooper's track back.... Always loved this LP version....
skippertthomas 5 months ago 2
burton cummings is to the guess who what jagger is to the rolling stones.
fran9860 6 months ago
Wow!!!! Thanks for sharing this vidéo it is very cool. Dededetracker
Dededetracker 7 months ago 2
I just love this song
blancfaces 7 months ago
no one sings like burton
nickjames46 9 months ago
i never realized the last part came from the bible, maybe i should read it more?
HippieVan57 9 months ago
this song is great
nfnoah15 10 months ago
What I love about this song is that it really showcases the powerhouse voice of Burton Cummings. He's one of the best and he still sounds great.
katford7286 10 months ago 2
this song is sooooo Bloodrock.
opwdd 11 months ago
Psalm 22:13 involves a prophecy of Jesus' suffering and death on the cross a Calvary!!!
BBINGHAM032352 1 year ago
@BBINGHAM032352 Burton Cummings said he wrote this song after a bad LSD trip when he really thought he was going to die.
1dublj 10 months ago
One of their best. Chris Cornell bit off Burton some.
yournotjohn 1 year ago
Saw them do this at Anahein Convention center in the early 70's with the then little known back up band Aerosmith...good times....
JustineLaLoba 1 year ago
36K views, seriously... wtf is everybody?
TSM8088 1 year ago
My GOD, I love Burton Cummings' voice. Scream to me .. yeahhhhhhhh !!
TheInvincibleViolet 1 year ago
@kmmangel444 - I, too am quite aware that this is from Psalms 22:13-15
Yes, Jesus' enemies surround Him, and us! The good news is that in our death, like His, we will rise again!!
dlminier 1 year ago
@dlminier Listen to Friends of Mine. That's really got some serious scripture reflections in it.
kmangel444 1 year ago
@dlminier I always wondered about the many references to the Bible from the Guess Who (like The Key) and now that I am saved by Grace I understand it!!!!
1tcrjr 1 year ago
@kmmangel444 - I, too am quite aware that this is from Psalms 22:13-15
Yes, Jesus' enemies surround Him, and us!
dlminier 1 year ago
The Guess Who had a great sense of straddling the AM/FM fence. They were pop enough in parts to appeal to teenyboppers and catch their ears but they were also heavy and innovative enough to fulfill and exceed the expectations of the underground. Dig what I'm saying?
MattHatter 1 year ago
@MattHatter Yep.
17865329 1 year ago
@MattHatter I do dig it, I never thought of it that way but you're right. Probably 80% of what the Beatles did then was off limit to AM, though AM did some great stuff incl the Guess Who. Where else could I have heard the likes of Albert Flasher, Guns Guns Guns, and one I've come to appreciate, Glamour Boy
lion36ify 1 year ago
This beat and guitar work became Southern Rock!
1961slam 1 year ago
led zepplin BEFORE led zepplin. yes!!!!!! omg great.
cgundddd 1 year ago
Nice visual.
pindowskivich 1 year ago
hate that end part, but i love the song itself
johnnnnification 1 year ago
It's from the Bible, psalm 22 verse 13:" They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. "
kmmangel444 1 year ago 11
His (Jesus') enemies, with the vigor of bulls and rapacity of lions, surround him, eagerly seeking his ruin. The force of both figures is greater without the use of any particle denoting comparison.
kmmangel444 1 year ago 4
@kmmangel444 I didn't hear any of that in the song
lion36ify 1 year ago
@lion36ify The psalm is at the end of the song.
kmangel444 1 year ago
@kmangel444 I like that part as well the song Talisman , humptys mix, Ive got a guess who playlist as of today jan 21st 2011
ahitler1000 1 year ago
@johnnnnification yea I coulda done w/o it myself
matco24 9 months ago
@johnnnnification I love the freaky end part, but that's just me!
MrCrosstiewalker 2 months ago
@johnnnnification The end is from the Bible.
kmmangel444 1 month ago
Fu*k Led Zepplin The Guess Who All The Way
glamourboy89 1 year ago
@glamourboy89 Uh, I like both.
17865329 1 year ago
recitation at the end is psalm 22
trailertrash61 1 year ago
this cat could really howl the blues
christomacin 1 year ago
one of theyre best!!
acerb45666555 1 year ago
@acerb45666555 AMEN BROTHER!!!
CASEYSLEGZ 1 year ago
Love this song.. Love this band.. Love Burton Cummings voice.. nobody can sing it like him... !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good message.. "Hang on to Your Life".. you hang onto it TIGHT and live every day to the fullest. We're only on this Earth a short time.
ROCK ON !!!
TheInvincibleViolet 1 year ago 2
My favorite Guess Who song. Too bad there isn't any video of actual live performance. The recitation at the end is a quote from the bible
3DogsLive 2 years ago
super cool chanson!!!
chrisboy29 2 years ago
Great song!!
This song used to scare the crap out of me when I was a kid. It's so heavy!!
Modern death metal bands have nothing on this song for scare factor!! LOL
feedbackbro 2 years ago 2
@feedbackbro Me too. 1st time i heard it, alone at night in bed, no light's about 9yrs old!
1961slam 1 year ago
Thats some heavy guitar man!
Grammy4WoW 2 years ago
greatness , I love the end ,
wizzard1956 2 years ago
Love This Band!
nascartina 2 years ago
Hey Adolf, if you hate this band, why do keep logging on to complain? Is this to distract you from your own inability to create music? LOL
sasharotko 2 years ago 14
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super sloppy drums too- and thoses god-awful pentatonic scales Bachman keeps playing every song Guess Who (they shoulda called themselves THE WHO CARES ) - yuck - sloppy band - sucky -I hate everything they've recorded - cant imagine being stuck in a room forever listening to this shit - it would be my hell
AdolfShitlerite 2 years ago
I'm glad you get a kick out of sh*tting on a good band over the internet... should be expected with a name of "Shitler" ... gave me a kick, lol.
RABOD 2 years ago
lawl
heavenspaw 2 years ago
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whiney songs - BARF !@!*^$& - sounds made up in 5 mins - if that song came out today it would be rejected full tilt - Guess Who - yuck - sloppy band - sucky - I hate everything they've recorded
AdolfShitlerite 2 years ago
I don't see how anyone can hate "No Time" -- it's got everything: great, edgy voice, sweet melody, angellic harmonies, hard rocking rhythm, intelligent lyrics, great electric guitar. If you say that that also sounds made up in 5 minutes, or that that is sloppy, then you are just a troll, not to be taken seriously.
7beers 2 years ago
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god - what an awful song - sucky - yech - a sucky band indeed
AdolfShitlerite 2 years ago
I was fortunate enough to see them on this tour on the front row right in front of Burton Cummings..amazing..and now we realize somewhat prophetic..
oneofakindaheadnmind 2 years ago
Very similar to Led Zeppelin.
7beers 2 years ago 6
No, although both great bands. Listen to Bloodrock, also a great 70's band who never got alot of credit, known for DOA. They sound similar to The Guess Who.
kmmangel444 2 years ago 4
@7beers but BEFORE Led Zeppelin, I think :D
segaiuolo 9 months ago
One word - Burton.
Dogheadj 2 years ago
Truly freaky song, but great musicianship. Really grabs you. I just loved the drummer in this band. I remember in my childhood wanting to be a drummer. I think it was The Guess Who's drum parts that inspired that. Also loved Burton, what a voice, could be so tough and soulful, and also so tender. And he sure wasn't hard to look at either! Great band!!
msthing57nc 2 years ago
To be precise, the song was written by Burton Cummings but the last spoken section is Psalms 22:13-15. This is the same Psalm that Jesus is said to have quoted from the Cross: "My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?" (verse 1). See? Even Pagans can know the Bible!
olytanis 2 years ago
this GW song has always been one of my faves-Curt Winter's guitar MAKES this friccin' thing g-r-e-a-t(although ANYTHING Cummings sings on HAS to be)This is the period after Randy left the band--and frankly, as great as Bachman was, I dont think he could played the riff as great as Curt did here. Unbelievably good. This song is sooo underated.
Kev in USA
GUIDOBRAT 2 years ago 2
i remember hearing the end of it peaking on acid when i was 15
frenchharp1 2 years ago
Great Tune...Thanks for the post !
Herbuliss 2 years ago
Love this song!
kramsmada 2 years ago 2
Saw 'em play this killer tune live. (Yeah, I'm that old.)
firebexar 2 years ago 4
Thanks very much for posting-another fantastic song by one of the most brilliant rock bands of all time. Proof is that classics like this (that didn't get much U.S. airplay) are being rediscovered almost 40 years later.
Holmby1 2 years ago
My favourite Guees Who song,they don't make them like this anymore.
trailertrash61 2 years ago
Yeah..thx 54...Bus Rider was written by Kurt Winter who Burton was close to.. he/one Greg Leskiw replaced Bachman.The Guess Who alongside Bachman/Cummings "other" songs make up a body of work that many feel is unrivaled by songwriters from any era..I cant say they dont have a point...Jim Kale conned the Guess Who's name fr. Cummings.He's had talented and nice guys in the clone band..but he cheated and misled a sympathizing friend (Cummings) to do it..I certainly dont respect him in the least..
shadoww1000 2 years ago
what was the connection between cummings and winter?
tlando 1 year ago
@tlando One played guitar,the other played keyboard and did lead vocasl in the same band.
17865329 1 year ago
You all better thank Mr.Burton Cummings..who wrote or cowrote along with Randy Bachman and others virtually all of their hits..with an odd exception..he was the lead singer ..is was and always will be the man most associated with the music of them..forget about bass player Jim Kale milking the name in later years..what some guys wont do to make a buck!!..the Guess Who are an underated band ..my friends
shadoww1000 2 years ago
Your comments are spot on. Burton was a legend.
Automatically liked them all when I heard Bus Rider for the first time.
eamon54 2 years ago
All the above comments are so true, they had some classic songs gustoworld, but this track everytime i play it, it still chills me, it tears you apart a killer!
xylonst 2 years ago
vraiment cool!!!!!
chrisboy29 2 years ago
Well, wasn't on acid, or dope, or zantac. Just loved the song. Still love the song.
ASFLLM 2 years ago
I've been listening to the Guess Who off and on for a few years now and up until this point I've never heard this particular song, it absolutely blew my mind, I had chills running down my arm, I was almost paralyzed. Thank You for posting this, I wish that they still made music like that!!!
gustoworld 2 years ago
"one of the "GREATEST BANDS' that ever lived in 1973-74 my kind of 'music"!!! "THE GUESS WHO"!!!
rperrinejr 2 years ago 2
i think this song helped me along with argents god gave rock and roll and last night maudy thursdays went to church heard the psalms verse freaked me out i didnt know after all those years bonzo76rockon!!!!!!!!!!!
luvumo2day 2 years ago
ya, this is an awesome song. this gets played on deep tracks on sirius sat. radio. just heard it last week. thanks for posting.
gR8FuLpOnTiAc 2 years ago
I love it when the Guess Who let loose and rock out like this!! This is one of my favorites along with: Bus Rider, Musicione, Three More Days, Long Gone and Don't You Want Me (Which is just such a charming little ballad).
SmokefromAshes 2 years ago
How bout those vocals?
That's why Robert Plant cited Burton Cummings as one of his favorite singers.
ikeeee 3 years ago 2
I remember when I first heard this, I was a teenager. We all thought it was spooky at the end, none of us knew where it came from. The freaky part at the end is from Psalm 22:13-15, in the Bible. Psalm 22 foretells the horror of dying on the cross. Jesus Christ died on a cross, to pay the penalty for my sins, so I can spend eternity with Him in heaven. That is why Jesus Christ is my God.Jesus wants everyone to spend eternity with Him, but not everyone chooses to. Some people choose other gods.
5678anything 3 years ago 3
super chanson trop cool!!!!!
chrisboy29 3 years ago
The Guess Who had a great run of hits in 69/70/71. Unfortunately when classic rock stations play the hits, These Eyes , American Woman and Share The Land get so much play, the other songs get ignored. As a result, these songs have become forgotten by many and unknown to younger generations. Every rock fan should have a copy of The Guess Who's greatest hits , the 2 cd Anthology is probably the best. from there you can get into the individual albums, be aware of the changing band members.
gqjohnny 3 years ago
I heard the ending of that song on a rooftop on acid in 1971. after a storm while watching lightning from a distance. that night me & a buddy were at a park; when lightning struck a tree that was right behind us a few feet. I was laughing my friend was praying. that same buddy passed away 2 yrs too much coke & booze RIP,
frenchharp1 3 years ago
The bit at the end is just a typical
Burton ode to Jim Morrison.
17865329 3 years ago
its psalm 22
burton didn't write it
wildeyed9 2 years ago
The song's just saying have a good time
when you're young, just don't go over the edge.
Cummings himself pushed the envelope but
came out the other side, not every rocker
of his generation made it of course.
17865329 3 years ago
How have i never heard this amazing song? Maybe it's because I'm 18
darkstarcaptaincrunk 3 years ago
These were albums of my older sister.Even at 7years old I would "borrow" them,take them to my room and listen.I felt as if I was being very mature.But I related to the music in such a very natural way and noone had to explain it to me. I still have music as an escape. Thank goodness for all the great songs of the late 60's and 70's.
Drummer 63
082863 3 years ago
This song spooked me as a child. But I felt compelled to listen to this album over and over.I felt braver everytime I made it thru the song.Of course I was too young to know who I was listening to at the time,or what all the lyrics inferred.
082863 3 years ago
Great album "Share the Land". The record jacket was pretty cool with the indian craftsman. How about "Coming Off the Money Bag/Song of the Dog" or 'Three More Days"
sirimar53 3 years ago
A "great forgotton oldie",although any fan of GW,knows & remembers it well! Rocks better than "American Woman",and back then,the end was wild!
nanajanamike 3 years ago
Fantastic tune! I remember playing this over and over when I was a teen. The last two minutes of the song I like how they play the lead guitar! I always thought this song was alot better than No Time, Share the Land,etc. Thanks!
rubbersoul1957 3 years ago
One of the sickest songs ever!
antman0719 3 years ago
cool
chrisboy29 3 years ago
Very cool tune and cool, trippin video.
Rod
yendor61 3 years ago
I have Added To My Classics List Thank You
Iminto60sstuff 3 years ago
Thanks for the send buddy.
yendor61 3 years ago
Share the Land ROCKS SOLID!!!! Listen Up Younguns,,Dig?
raysosunshine 3 years ago
That was a quote from the Bible.
archerzaprentis 3 years ago
Guess Who does Doors at the end
XMIR10B 3 years ago
awesome tune!...........hang on to your life!:)
purifier1 4 years ago